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Breathe a sigh of relief - Panties not torture

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Rep. Dana Rohrabacher on
Wednesday dismissed the idea that taunting terrorism suspects with
women's panties is a form of torture.

In a debate about detainee treatment at
Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the California Republican cited panties eight
times, arguing that making suspected terrorists wear women's underwear
on their heads isn't demeaning and degrading enough to be called
torture. story

The best part of this story is not the Congressman pointing out the asinine idea that panties on the head are torture - it's the part where he 'cited panties eight times,' - as if he were tweaking the other Representatives in the hearing. They must cringe every time they hear the word panty. How scandalous!

Best follow-up quote: "I mean, OK, describing his mother and sister as whores, that's certainly not a nice thing to do."